The Eurovision Song Contest has numerous superstitions and hexes. ‘The curse of the number two’ is thus named because no country which has performed in the second spot in the running order has ever won the competition. Artists wearing the colour green are said to be doomed to failure. Performers representing a nation that hosted the event the previous year invariably fare poorly with the judges. Even the number 43 is said to be unlucky. Most dangerous of all, of course, is the ever-present threat that a group will appear only to never be heard from again. Much rarer is the possibility that a performer will springboard to global stardom. But in winning 2021’s Eurovision with a performance of Zitti e buoni at the Ahoy Arena, witnessed by a TV audience of 1...
